What Makes England Tick ?

Great game, great result, fantastic performances from all concerned. It's a good thing the English make up for in spirit and determination, what it, perhaps, lacks in quality. But why do we only pull out all the stops when Argentina, Germany or Holland are the opposition ? We had Sweden on the rack the other day and completely lost the plot. Today we were well organized, threatening in attack and resolute in defence. Even for those final 30 minutes of Argie pressure, we didn't look too panic stricken . Seaman finally got back to his very best and snuffed out all the dangerous crosses. Ferdinand was awe inspiring. Campbell was less so, but still very good. All I want to know is why we save these tremendous performances for the major opposition. Who can see England falling at the final qualification hurdle (Nigeria) ? Let's hope this is the boost that starts the ball rolling to a World Cup final.

DOH ! Wrong group. Sorry. I was all excited at Englands win against Argentina in the World Cup. "redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:adqlrl$1j5eq$[email hidden]... > Great game, great result, fantastic performances from all concerned. It's a good thingthe > English make up for in spirit and determination, what it, perhaps, lacks in quality. But > why do we only pull out all the stops when Argentina, Germany or Holland are the > opposition ? We had Sweden on the rack the other day and completely lost the plot. Today > we were well organized, threatening in attack and resolute in defence. Even for those > final 30 minutes of Argie pressure, we didn't look too panic stricken . Seaman finallygot > back to his very best and snuffed out all the dangerous crosses. Ferdinand was awe > inspiring. Campbell was less so, but still very good. > All I want to know is why we save these tremendous performances for the majoropposition. > Who can see England falling at the final qualification hurdle (Nigeria) ? Let's hopethis > is the boost that starts the ball rolling to a World Cup final. > >

DOH ! Wrong group. Sorry. I was all e***d at Englands win against Argentina in the World Cup.

"redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:adqm0k$1hrm2$[email hidden]... > DOH ! Wrong group. Sorry. I was all excited at Englands win againstArgentina in the > World Cup. haven't seen the highlights yet. Did you Brits call in the Harriers again? dave :) henrie >

"> > haven't seen the highlights yet. Did you Brits call in the Harriers > again? > dave :) henrie > > >We might have to if we meet the U.S.A. in the later stages. They did well the other day beating Portugal 3-2.

"redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:adqr20$1keal$[email hidden]:

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> > "> >> haven't seen the highlights yet. Did you Brits call in the >> Harriers >> again? >> dave :) henrie >> > >> > We might have to if we meet the U.S.A. in the later stages. They did > well the other day beating Portugal 3-2. > > >

The USA also beat england 1 - 0 in the first World Cup after the 2nd World war... Stranger things have happened! Mind you, the last time England beat Argentina was in 1966 :o) cheers John

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 17:09:32 +0100, redTed <[email hidden]> wrote: > Great game, great result, fantastic performances from allconcerned. It's a good thing the > English make up for in spirit and determination, what it, perhaps, lacks in quality. But > why do we only pull out all the stops when Argentina, Germany or Holland are the > opposition ? We had Sweden on the rack the other day and completely lost the plot. Today Off-topic, but true. I have no idea why the rest of my firm supported Argentina (I'm German ;-), but this was one fascinating and emotional match. Kudos to Becks for keeping it cool all through, and the rest of your side for beating the Argies. Should you come through to play Germany, you can guess who I'll be rooting for: England (too bad the scottish did not make it though). Good job! Uwe -- Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

"redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:adqlrl$1j5eq$[email hidden]... > Great game, great result, fantastic performances from all concerned. It'sa good thing the > English make up for in spirit and determination, what it, perhaps, lacksin quality. But > why do we only pull out all the stops when Argentina, Germany or Hollandare the > opposition ? We had Sweden on the rack the other day and completely lostthe plot. Today > we were well organized, threatening in attack and resolute in defence.Even for those > final 30 minutes of Argie pressure, we didn't look too panic stricken .Seaman finally got > back to his very best and snuffed out all the dangerous crosses. Ferdinandwas awe > inspiring. Campbell was less so, but still very good. > All I want to know is why we save these tremendous performances for themajor opposition. > Who can see England falling at the final qualification hurdle (Nigeria) ?Let's hope this > is the boost that starts the ball rolling to a World Cup final. > Damn fantastic! Being a true Brit an' all... With Portugal, France and Argentina looking at increasingly difficult group matches to just get through to the next phase of the tournament, I think we stand a great chance of getting to the semis at least. That is if any of our strikers actually score any goals :-)

I had to tape that game because it came on in the middle of the night in Canada and i'm glad i did. I thought Owen played great and i got my fingers crossed for England to go all the way i just wish Canada would get it's arse in gear and start playing soccer the way we play hockey. Steve! "Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > "redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:adqlrl$1j5eq$[email hidden]... > > Great game, great result, fantastic performances from all concerned.It's

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> a good thing the > > English make up for in spirit and determination, what it, perhaps, lacks > in quality. But > > why do we only pull out all the stops when Argentina, Germany or Holland > are the > > opposition ? We had Sweden on the rack the other day and completely lost > the plot. Today > > we were well organized, threatening in attack and resolute in defence. > Even for those > > final 30 minutes of Argie pressure, we didn't look too panic stricken . > Seaman finally got > > back to his very best and snuffed out all the dangerous crosses.

Ferdinand > was awe > > inspiring. Campbell was less so, but still very good. > > All I want to know is why we save these tremendous performances for the > major opposition. > > Who can see England falling at the final qualification hurdle (Nigeria)?

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> Let's hope this > > is the boost that starts the ball rolling to a World Cup final. > > > > > Damn fantastic! Being a true Brit an' all... With Portugal, France and > Argentina looking at increasingly difficult group matches to just get > through to the next phase of the tournament, I think we stand a great

chance > of getting to the semis at least. That is if any of our strikers actually > score any goals :-) > >

"Steve" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xYfM8.3487$[email hidden]... > I had to tape that game because it came on in the middle > of the night in Canada and i'm glad i did. I thought Owen > played great and i got my fingers crossed for England to > go all the way i just wish Canada would get it's arse in gear > and start playing soccer the way we play hockey. > Steve! It was on at 7:30am here in Ontario. Being an expatriate Brit I made sure I got up on time. Englaaaaaand.........

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> > "redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:adqm0k$1hrm2$[email hidden]... > > DOH ! Wrong group. Sorry. I was all excited at Englands win against > Argentina in the > > World Cup. > > haven't seen the highlights yet. Did you Brits call in the Harriers > again? > dave :) henrie

Woah - watch yourself. You might upset the Scots, English, Ulstermen, ... who read this if you suggest being a Brit is the same as being (yeuch - (-: ) english. -- AG Remove removes from address to remove anti-spam measures. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Gauton E-Mail agauton @ postmaster.co.uk Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour! (Damon Hill - 16th June 1999)

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> > > > haven't seen the highlights yet. Did you Brits call in the Harriers > > again? > > > Woah - watch yourself. You might upset the Scots, English, Ulstermen, ... > who read this if you suggest being a Brit is the same as being (yeuch - > (-: ) english. > > -- > AG

Never! Why that would be like calling a Texican an American. lol....... dave henrie >

"Alan Gauton" < Never! Why that would be like calling a Texican an American. lol....... dave henrie

In article <Gp1N8.152418$cQ3.4696@sccrnsc01>, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> writes: > Never! Why that would be like calling a Texican an American. lol....... "Texican"...? <g> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Thanks to those of you who made a donation for breast cancer research. The walkathon is over, but donations are still being accepted. Details on my webpage. Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

writes: "Texican"...? <g> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Thanks to those of you who made a donation for *** cancer research. The walkathon is over, but donations are still being accepted. Details on my webpage. Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <Gp1N8.152418$cQ3.4696@sccrnsc01>, "Dave Henrie"<[email hidden]> > writes: > > > Never! Why that would be like calling a Texican an American.lol....... > > "Texican"...? > <g> > > Eldred Didn't you watch those old Davey Crockett tv shows? Surely the schools in Michigan would have taught about the sucessionist movement that burned in Texas? If the Mexican's had not pressed the issue and forced Texas to accept federal help, we might only have 49 states... dave henrie